2020 issues of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 36 No. 9 | January 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: As Scarce as Hen’s Teeth – Want rare whiskey bottles? Peter B. Samuelson 8 A Concentric Curiosity Matt Lacy 11 An In-depth Analysis of the 2019 Mid-Hudson Bottle Show Alex Prizgintas 33

Vignettes: A Little Bottle from the Big ‘Farm’ Paul Ackerman 30 Hot Water Bottles? Cool Ralph Finch 31

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 6 Fruit Jar Rambles – The Glenshaw Jars Tom Caniff 17 Crossword Puzzle 19 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – Should This Be an Article? John Panella and Joe Widman 42


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 36 No. 10 | February 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Dr. Langley’s Root & Herb Botters Robert Strickhart 7 Rare Aqua London Warner’s Rocks Collecting World John Savastio 31

Vignettes: Treasure Hunters Raise a Toast! Ralph Finch 14 Dunkard Valley Aims for the Peak 36

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Kerr Mason Pie Filling Jars Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – Medicines to Cure Addiction John Panella and Joe Widman 42


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 36 No. 11 | March 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: The Medical Postal History of Buffalo Peter Jablonski 7 The Talented Carl Worner: A miracle in a whimsey bottle? Ralph Finch 32 Revisiting the Group C Listings of Rare Flasks Mark Vuono 35

Vignettes: The Kansas Bottle & Postcard Show Mark Law 12 A Little History is Written with a National Treasure Ralph Finch 15

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – An Uncommon Weck Jar Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – Opium Habit Cured John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 36 No. 12 | April 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: How Bottles Talk to Us, and the History They Tell? Alex Prizgintas 31

Vignettes: Is Rare Art More A-Peeling ThanRare Glass? Ralph Finch 11 A Barrel of Hutchinson History? Ralph Finch 14

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 New England Review Michael George 7 Fruit Jar Rambles – The Vacuum Seal Jars Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 27 In the Medicine Chest – Peruna – King of the Bracers John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 1 | May 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: The Story of One Salve Jar Bram Hepburn 12 Mark Vuono May Be Gone, but Will Never Be Forgotten Ralph Finch 32

Vignettes: Nebraska Soda Bottles Ralph Finch An Interview with Mark Vuono 29 Collectors Were Rolling in Antiques (especially oats) Ralph Finch 37

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – The St. Denis Jars Tom Caniff 17 Crossword Puzzle 19 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – The Label Tells the Story John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 2 | June 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Saluting Bulkley and Fiske Jack Sullivan 7 What Was George Henry’s Winner? Peter Jablonski 14 Lechauweki Springs to the Coalmine Digs Rick Weiner 31

Vignettes: Observation on the May Issue, Mark Vuono and the American Glass Postage Stamps Issue Richard Sheaff 38 Collectors are wondering What’s New Down Under? Ralph Finch 40

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Bitters Bottles – Sherry and Pineapples Robert Strickhart 11 Fruit Jar Rambles – Poison In A Jar Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – An Old Question, With Age Exceptions John Panella and Joe Widman 43


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 3 | July 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Baroque Music & Bottles? Johan Soeten 7 Tibby Brothers of Sharpsburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Jay W. Hawkins 29 The Carl Mampe Liquor Empire Frank & Frank Jr. Wicker 33 Making the Case for L. P. Evans Cascara Bitters Rick Whitney 40

Vignettes: What Did You Do on July 4Ralph Finch 13 More Than Just a Container – In memory of Mark Vuono Vince Martonis 19 Bottling Up History Ralph Finch 38

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Rockwood’s Acorn Jar Tom Caniff 19 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – Salute the new Commodore of the Navy John Panella and Joe Widman 43


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 4 | August 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: A Potter’s Privy Peter Jablonski 9 Who is John Ault? Ralph Finch 14 R.M. Rose Distillery and the Atlanta Antique Bottle Show Andy Sudderth 32

Vignettes: Guilford Mineral Springs Richard Cofrancesco The Story of L.L. Bultman Bottler Joe Brock 31

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Bade Duplex Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 Bitters Bottles – The Wisdom of Solomon Robert Strickhart 37 In the Medicine Chest – Medicine Bottles and Color John Panella and Joe Widman 42


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 5 | September 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: The Stoneware Doctor John Savastio 6 Mobile Bottler Stephen Twelves Had Something to Crow About David Kye Rakes 21

Vignettes: Ellenville Glass Works Phil Bernnard 36

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Solid, Man! Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – Let’s Look at a Few Killers John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 6 | October 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: George Skinner McKearin Kevin A. Sives 10 Tin-Tops: The Pioneer of Milk Bottles Alex Prizgintas 31

Vignettes: FOHBC’s Latest Inductee into the Hall of Fame – Willy Van den Bossche 16

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 New England Review – Count Your Ribs Mike George 7 Fruit Jar Rambles – Filbert’s Flags Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 23 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – Do You Have A Cough? John Panella and Joe Widman 42


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 7 | November 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Two Pits Before the Lockdown Rick Weiner 29

Vignettes: Hop on Over to Australia Ralph Finch 11 Can’t Breathe? Try Some Victorian Relief Ralph Finch 13 Collecting around the world – Antique Glass in Australia? Ralph Finch 28 Still Digging into a Lash’s Mystery Mark Lutsko 39

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 6 Bitters Bottles – New Jersey Bitters & Hostetter’s? Robert Strickhart 7 Fruit Jar Rambles – Amber Longlife Jars Tom Caniff 17 Crossword Puzzle 21 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 26 In the Medicine Chest – Rheumatism (Part 1) John Panella and Joe Widman 40


Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Vol. 37 No. 8 | December 2020  (Read Cover to Cover)

Features: Is Your Brain Fag Flagging? Mike Beardsley 7 Thomas Martindale and the Hunter’s Jugs Jack Sullivan 11

Vignettes: Merry Christmas flask 14 Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 Soon to Print Bill Ham 27 Twas the Night Before Christmas or, A Visit from St. Nicholas Clement Clarke Moore 32 Rare Painted Demijohn is Truly a Dutch Treat Ralph Finch 34 A Tilton Dandelion Bitters?Ralph Finch 36 Henry Edmunds Watts, a Bottler of Beer in Columbia, South Carolina from 1897-1907 Joe Brock 38

Departments: Letters to the Editor 2 Heard it Through the Grapevine 4 Fruit Jar Rambles – Pottery Globe Jars Tom Caniff 17 Classified Ads 22 Show Calendar 25 Bitters Bottles – A Visit from Old Saint Nick Robert Strickhart 29 In the Medicine Chest – Rheumatism (Part 2) John Panella and Joe Widman 40